The question of right and wrong has been battled over for centuries. Many conservatives still believe that truth is absolute, while others disagree, saying that truth is relative. I believe that truth is absolute, and therefore, it is never right to do wrong. Socrates is questionably the greatest philosopher of all time. He preached out against immorality and many other evils. He spent his whole life teaching other people how to be good and moral. In the "Crito" he is imprisoned and awaiting his death sentence for misleading the youth, of which he has been wrongly accused. Crito, his friend, comes to visit him in jail and they have a long conversation, which is the "Crito." Socrates and his friend could have fairly easily broken out of the prison, because many of the guards looked up to Socrates and didn't wish to see him killed. Socrates made the point that if he were to leave jail, he would be breaking the law. Even though he had been wrongly accused and sentenced to death for no reason, he couldn't go against his own teachings, or else his whole life would have been in vain. He knew that if he didn't escape, he would die and would orphan his two children, however no matter how much he loved

Steve Weber-2 them, he wouldn't contradict his teaching by doing wrong. Even though Socrates wasn't perfect, he would always make a conscious effort to do right. Breaking out of jail would be blatantly wrong, and he couldn't bring himself to do it. Adolf Hitler is directly and indirectly responsible for more deaths than almost anyone in history. Over six million Jews alone were killed because of his death camps. In The Plot to Kill Hitler, a group of German officers and many others formed an underground society to try and kill Hitler. Most people would agree that what they were doing was okay because Hitler was such a bad man. Unfortunately, they were wrong. Murder is always wrong, no matter who is being killed. Right and wrong can not be...

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...Salama
Mrs. Loomis
Hon Lit 9
4 October 2013
TruthEssay
“If you tell the truth, you won’t have to remember anything” (Mark Twain). Throughout my life I have come to recognize many truths. Sometimes I would tell the truth and sometimes I would lie, but when I lied I didn’t always get away with it. Although I do lie about some things and get away with it, I still feel bad about doing it. Throughout my life, Algernon and Jack’s false identities, Father Hooper’s sacrifices, Dr. Heidegger’s experiments, Eldorado’s disappointing truth, and Paul’s journey, we are awaken with the truth.
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October 8, 2013
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...Is There Such A Thing As AbsoluteTruth?
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...be able to understand there "options" Tom and Jane, need to know the biblical teaching of marriage, of divorce, and remarriage.
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...﻿Michael Facey
April 29, 2015
Professor Christian Heisler
ENG-103(Argument Essay)
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